Štefan Hrušovský, Ľubomír Skladaný, Mária Belovičová, Michal Piják
Liver tumours are detected incidentally by abdominal ultrasnound examination, or in presence of non specific and liverdepending symptoms, or in long - term follow - up of patients at risk. High risk of hepatocellular carcinoma is in liver cirrhosis, HBV or HCV infection, haemochromatosis. Increased risk of cholangiocarcinoma is in ulcerative colitis and in primary sclerosing cholangitis. In gallbladder carcinoma, cholelithiasis is frequent. To assess the stage of these malignancies, TNM classification is used. In addition, for hepatocellular carcinoma both Okuda’s classification and CLIP, and for Klatskin tumours, Bismuth - Corlette classification are useful. The treatment of liver tumours includes surgical procedures, embolization techniques, radiofrequency ablation, alcoholization, cryotherapy and chemotherapy.